The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-14 00:00:00

_..-- -00 far. . 13. ing t° es, and )I1 the High' !d tbo nt $O3 gal ore ► leave ) allied la and •riager indsor 1 ere a South' .d the Y her fir% e prr necial r i terea fare atelyr train' ruing large IS M Sir t 1.3 0 0 by n the co'" ITUNEY MARKS AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELV E O 'C LOCK . dis There is no a l teration in the minimum rate of eount this day" i s the official notice j us t p os t e d i n Possibility of an advance to 8 per cent, had been 2,,Previously disc usse d , i n consequence of the largely -I,"gtzlented denvind for gold an d s il ver to send ILl.°l d , and the increase in the rates for bills ° llt of doors to 7 per cent. The Gazette teturn, to app ear this evening, is expected s bow a filling off in the bullion, and if addi of "opal supplies should be taken away, the prospect realer stringency w ill no d ou b t further influence h ° operation s of the joint-stock banks and private monetary establishments. Pieta The amount of specie b roug ht b y t h e steamer L a from the West Indies is £353,200. !fA further rise of /d. has taken place in the price ia bar s j 1 -ve rf Which is now ss. 2id. per ex. standard. i,_rs Market is very firm owing to the active demand uTth eEast and the limited supply. i ts he Financial Corporation is a new monetary h sal` requiring a capital of £3,000,000, one f°f Which, however, is to form the first issue in 41 . 4 es of £lOO each. The objects of the association Ge net identical with those of the London Financial ei e e t ll i erat Credit, and International Financial Se that -e :' °IA the promoters are induced to believe th a ' r°lll the invariable success which has attended ice ° Aeratio ns of these new establishments, and the there of trad e an d other industrial enterprise, tiotlttga i rement a f or further financial accommoda asso e . ll °e be en proportionately increased. The teli ßn i r i " intends to undertake all monetary busi arra,,— 43aPortance, including the negotiation and di le 1°11:lent of loans on security of rates, harbour 4 4% 4 Oth er similar securities, and will itself make lilziatle° Wherever the transaction is only for a sev er e 7 Period. Th e board of direction includes with 4 , - h ge° lletnen of influence, largely connected the 4° banking,. or trading interests of s to " It °ll ntry. The shares have been dealt in at th 3 It i! le hange, and are quoted at lf, 2 prem. r for ti fus eeorted that negotiations are in progress aek etn i°4 of the Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam B tearl i - s' (3 . ° Vany and the West India and Pacific " I PPing Company. At th e Two O'CLOCK. 1 1 1) • 6 : . ilter' a tele l r la Bourse to-day (acc or di ng t o M r. i• 76 e , earn), the 3 per Cent. Rentes were Th e n 11. fiber firm, but inanimate. 4h Y,e3terd„, ds, which closed a little firmer lu 4e 4 . - . 7 of t e S i /th e , rnoon, again exhibit symptoms of er e4ed ''t depression being produced by the in elPott, tetes of discount and the prospects of large A sl i c i ea ° f both , bht gold and silver. Busi ness i s very 1, • e°les preponderate, and the tendency of 9 01 41 tense p h. 4 i f , ,,._ quently unfavourable. Consols are ti r‘ kse 4e4"r transfer, and 91 4 for the account. N ew • w Thr ees and Reduced are 902- 2-; Bank : t t ( ttia is 237 4 th e , , 'eats 5 per Cents. are marked 106 i I, ; ' Th e ' Per ~ 991. at ka t re is rather more firmness in the Foreign 1 e„ l tet, an , , '44 '-'. business is very lull. Turkish 6 per 11 Al '' 1862, ll i e g it i enn, 36_ a re 67 1 ; d o. C onso lid es, 461 47 , a 1 ; do. .1 ; Spanish Passive, 333- I•; Greek; 4ypt• CollponS 11 1 1 ; Portu nese 47 1 .1 • • 1( .1 1411 1 1091. ' 6 g ' 24 ' St( O. 2 101 ; and the Confederate Loan, i A , t ' e raitt , ItAd a. , ance of £7lO has b een rece i ve d from et , oad . -••• hy the present packet for the dividend The It I kl7t, tot Perations in the Railway Share Market p e _ . . b ee t i'l„l.Q4llttos._ ben very extensive, the dealers and : t , lit tena l' i ii g principally occupied with the st, w ve i n ,3: Cement tor the settlement. Prices, however, et: e ate r ille instances shown more firmness. Great ,; 4 4 4 1, North Western, and South Eastern, have a„, t'c ed , 10, h - . 5 4, r, -; and South Western and North 4 tletrer Wick), ss. Metropolitan are flat, and Th o b il led about £2. ‘'er niti ' l °r eign and Colonial lines have exhibited 4 th , ,,. e at limation, and quotations are inactive. ... k i d ~ hlhat. a itscellaneous shares continue in limited , i( 4lh at ei tY Bank have improved to 1221, 123 i 1 4 4 .4) Chine and, Japan to 321; London r „ l ttip: n l4 , l Shares :06, 27 ; National Shipping "Ect -'' ar e quoted It rt 1 I to 0* discount ; Mauritius he, ' a t p rem A '".) and p aeifi,, (~ 1 Anglo Italian Bank, 11, ~; oteau l 1 i'S 7 ' "n - FT i; prem. 4 BRITISII FIJINT -------or 4 D47ariAtE xi , p u , 1)- -CLOSING PRICES, v b r it t „ eAr'ete• oCii.ol,s_r•oies, .2:,13.8.... ...... .. .. .. 90i ~ , ( ) D el lt , R e ',L-% ,'D . 4 ............... 911 io l i el , • , eu . .... ci ................. 901 i a el.; eatt ............ ' I Z i 12_ 1, 6 , . Jen. ~,,,,•......... 90i i A. Ce ti.e ent. A nia '9 1 6 • • ......... N I . 14. As . cities 4) ; IN, , n iluatie s ,j,,, ... ' ...... 01otto f o ' ')., 0 yrs, expire nth 1 . 8 731 ...... , / Leo yrs expire e ?th Jan., 1880.. ,!tto k_ a Bett)Te sth April, 1885. ' ° ltt e Pei cent. 870 Ph): Aug. 1908. bitt' c ent. 1888 et, tilt, ditto .. Xp . r . t . t,..1 .. -- b e l it tle r L ins ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 t bi t ' £ 1 . 000 , 21 & 3 per Cent. k at t. O 4:500 Oh l 4 land XlOO and £2OO '",li k !i . Q ni tk, 41 per Ct last le - r 237 AtOOCk CIV EliNup " " 3' 'b i , A , 1.8 7 A "--NT SECURITIES. bitto 5 cc,o ntit .. I ) .tto q Per Cent, bIN uDer Dent .Jululy, 1870 otorltateb,lBBB 991 ) ,.r,„ , Pet -, aPer, per Cent.... O e , - t: 1 00 .. ' - r ktii , et t ti,ooo .......... c bit ti k 5 li b. to DerFUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. N o ', 813 Cent .. „. 1 De er Cm 1869 ........ ,i),,. 0 , r ,v,e t r C e .„... ~,, •.. - ' ' 4 ' 443 tI P 1 N , ,)414.4yr , 86 , , ‘,. _ 1863 1 44 es 6 p ° 4 ;.', 1 5 paid 466 s - at ... 1)1 1s (i t iet,i , ciiti o t r .lp 46 , pd -._. b i t l 4 li et eent. it t4 1 1 ,4er e er ,i • 4 41 , 2} p Cent . 'l, ......... g b it tO l. l ,Ne e Z r , e en?•l 63 'Pt'', rev. -on g , * l. ---1 . 12 Guilders .1)11:4 7i,044, ...lc:late& 1. per Cent — ‘ip t : L , s iEi Per e: L a Warrant — Nbi p e t eacl / tit ...... 100 i 1 , t() •4„ r e ent a , k l,l„,,. : .... oi t ive (104-o'Ant." -"1:0, e x - Coupon s p . .. ..... 24 4 Iti lk tt 'l A%( ' ) 4l . :'''' .''.. • . 7 - • 8 23i t t •ii kiik NaL t 6 iu t t . .................... _ iti,.,61,,,tir Perk 6e.tli ................. u. t k i tc . d , Can f .. . . _ ...4 k%,,L0 A c tier e e yik rew _ . • ..... ..... '‘ ,, ,,,",,t0l / t ont,t . 'kt ... Le ana Railway) b i mEr,,,lnllairi al ••.„ ........ L it, , 8.54 . 0 p e „ :,.•,..... lib"ito 4 Poe '•• • * k; ellt . ittp b T ttet r 1'11t 5 ...• - 4'1 41 -.k ,* 6... ‘ll,l 44 zper 41.,; ~.. h ii ° Ace t en ta (1 . 1 .* I„.bittc, 4 ourit. . ~ tctares) — l ki t 0 A ~1 Per (2,•••.„ . •••„„ „,„ , ii O 4 ' : e° on vil k, 186' •• . 2 • IA Di r e , 1 5 p ''..., t, ei., ... lit., i, Li tt t, ttz, s 64 e t' Ce •*. . thilk,wip 0 8 6;.... -e 'x• 25f — Li o A e 3 p er 0 ) t42 . 8 ' ......... ~ t)ti,,, , ,, a p e - ., ou ent. ........ 44, paid — pm I 1, 4.. , eh , ... . ...... 4, ~,t ) &,, 0 114' , 1866 . :.; ......... Ott f`IP, 4 •• . ' ' , ' 9 ) '6O 8 ., ''' 41 I tto i, Per 15 Paici; ........ ' "'' ' . it/ Per i t, igi" • • ....... Vl)i l tn l e C ent igd, £St t to a pe r ......... — 3 A t . Ll' Cent , 1860 011' It to C ent " ot, a 1 , 11 .11. t. . et, T 4 e er l t ..„ ........... • ..... t 04 41 nt,.. ...... 9Gy.... : 0, A teo ve , • ................. 1tt,44 ilat. ..:. ................ tl ll l,4k,,Sat .: '••. .............. /1 1 tk l to, f ..... ............ It4i "t •ot. er red .......... N ll t, ' '' )l l ' e °O)Cl ...... . p i , i , Ilt _ not funded ...... --- ~t i t r:A t i' ll t e r, C6 ll . t . ......... ...... ' l i t '' ) 6' t ee 'st.): ': • ............. ___ bi t kl 1)( 4 14 4,. 804 ............. ly'le ket °est..' .............. --- Viti,' A tte °4l ,t • 1 858 .............. --- t p 5 t•• • . ' " ..... .41 1)1. , 011,14 .... .......... 70 ki tli t t tq t,, tiio,Ats. t . .14i. . . .............. 73 . tit„: 1 ,1044 , ................. 67 h. 64 7a 7 t1, 1 ,7.. k? . ki i ...C tt t t n e(i igd i ................... .. .. 671 0, ' l O a 4tl tre, )4 Per ce. ......... . I tt, l k te N I , 0 1 4 1,,,, c at. ....... 1111)11 %li t e at, t., Oct 186., i4 i : t. (4 ) .:,•• !. ' ...... " - vkillk 1 1 -1 1c1 --- , 18.6; .............. --- elat ......... t,tt. a 5, 4, tb.,, ab•ov: ......... t i tt i il k) oe4 Pe r Ce nt L Payable in London. tt' il'er t 2 e rlt . ' E r:''' 12 6 E. 25f.... ..._ -tQ,,,-eri t ' -,erti a ,,,, li, , ........ --- Ntit ., ',MI, C ! ) ,* .. ...... --- t; Itt e '. • ..... • -01- rancs.. PI, 'ke ll eY ... J •,_ b ..... -.. It 10 Vill 'at ".. .. THREE O'CLOCK > l l. , l i , ~.: •• • , :." •• • • .......:. 92 i . k l t "iiii • 1 4, ------ _,,_: ' " • • ..... .... 91 Rid 53, 14 11 . , 4 T---11-------- t, 'tt, i,,'llas Altclth 1/ LIKE AXIMILIAN tit ''' th C 5 abonf °d ° lqedt, -. to publishdiary of t: -Aih te ••err anea - n and of her sojourn for PREFEREN. Great Northern, 5 per cent., 1 'tip. SHARE 'his day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOGrs.S. Clos,ing Business Share, Railways. Price. done. 13.14. (Mr.. Vol., and Str. Val al 25 Blythe and Tyne. 10 Itost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co al at Bristol and Exeter at Caledonian loi 50 Cork and Bandon al 20 Cornwall al 10 Do A 1 A gets no di ' )al 1 0 Do. B till 6p c.p an. 11 ak al been paid to B. 50 Dublin & Belfast June. al 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. al at Edinburgh & Glasgow. 101 at tllasg. and S. Western. 101 at Great Eastern, Ord. sts 101 at Ditto A stock at Ditto East Anglian at 10C at GreatNorthot Scotland 100 st Great. Northern lOO at Do A stock at Do B do at Gt. S. anri W. of Irelan, 100 at Great 'Western st Do Str Val gua. stocl, 101 at Lancanhere & Yorkehirt 10 at Loudon and Blackwell 101 at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 10 , at Lon., Chat., and Dover 101 et Lon. & Noel] Western 101 at Lon. & Scr.th Western 10( at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 10( 50 Maryport and Carlisle. al: 12i Do j shares .. al at Metropolitan al et Midland ,1.4.0 Do New . 5.1 at Do Birming. & Derby 10 50 liid. Gt. W. of Irelano al 25 Do. 6 shares . al 26 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line at North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 10 st Nth. Eastern—Berwick 10 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.1 at Do Leeds lO st Do York st Do Carlisle lO st , North London 10 Do New .16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction al at Scottish Central at Scot N. E. ' Aber. stocks 101 at Do Scot. Mid. stock lO 10 Shrews. and Welchpoo al at Shropshire Union st ,South Devon lOl at !South Eastern at 'South Wales at !S. York. and River Dun 10( 20 Staines, Wok.,an d Wok. al: 26 Stockton & Darlington al 25 Do ... 1' 25 Do New, 19OG at Taff Vale. ... it [0 Do B 10 Do C 10 Ulster n Do .10 Do ±t Vale of Neath ;t Victoria sta. and Pim ! a, It Waterford & Kilkenny' 101 t West Cornwall 1100 t AN. Hartlepool Har.&RJ 100 t West Midland -Oxford 100 t Do Newport 100 t Do Hereford, 100 8 8i 1 8i 84 t , 6 120} 1216 7 71 37 39 16 17 10 06 08 0 107 1, 9 0 19 00 10 46 48 7 1 8i 128 1331 136 10) 65i O 110 110 i O 72 73 102 109 O 43 41 O 106} 1061 O 1014 1024 O 49 50 - Il 107 109 0 1271 128 LO la Itp 0 97 99 52i 63.1 25 16 1031 103; 59 60 891 90i )0 123 128 51 2 p 11 78 79 11 11 iii 1() 124 126 10 43 45 , 0 98 100 11 - - )0 63 64 10 33 Si 10 1 95 95a 98 100 ll 10 JOi Al ;18 39 l 7 9i 101 L ) 8 7 8 10 158 4 l6O 8 5 s} i 3 21 3/ p ill I - - 20 - - p 83 86 170 175 22 25 BRITISH POSSE flailways tthintic &St Lawrenc, a, dom.,Barodadt.Cent Inc , Gu. 5 per cent 0 Do. New . ...... 1 9 Do. E. Shares... !04 Buffalo and Laxe _Damn al .0 Do. Preference , 5 Bufialo,Brant,tGodriel ( 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1 0 Do. do. July 1, 1.87. 10 10 Do. do. Juue 1, 15; 101 it Cleut ta. ir S. PI as tn. (Li 14 101 It Cape Town it. Dock Seri] 101 )ck Eastn. Bengal gu. 6 p. 4 101 10k East Indian. gu. 5 p. C, 10 9 Do. do. G Ext..... II 9 Do. do. H do. 11 ick Grand Trunk of Canada 1131 , Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. al Do. co. deferred.-- al 10 Do. 2d Pret. Bonds.. al )0 Do. do. deferred...... al )O Do. 3d Pi ef. stock ... al )0 Do. do. deferred...... al )0 Do. 4th Pref. stock. al 30 Do. do. deferred...... al oak Gt.lnchaPenin.g - ua.sp.o 10 20 Do. New grua. 5 p. 0. 1 20 Do. January, 1862 ook Gt. South.of India (Um guaranteed 5 per cent. 10 Gt. W. of Canada Sharer al 20i Do. New ... .. I 00 1 Do. 6p.c. '73 with't opt a, 10 Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8 al LO Indian Branch Limited sck Madras. guar., 5 p. 0 . •• xlk Do. 4/ p. o. Extension 101 )ck Dc.4e d 0...... • • 101 20 Do. Fifth Extension. )Ck Melb.Corp. fi p. o. Bnds. 10( 5o Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all DO Do. 7p. c. Mortg,. Bds all 20 Newßrunswick ffi Cands Clues A and B al lN.ltte'da3 pc Ist pi tart Scind e (11 lock Do. Delhi ' 11 in Do. do Ws 11 st Do. Punjaub 1 .1 1 Do. Do. ........ , ,ok Do. Indus. St. Pio.) COLONIAL GOVERN op.e.Ja. A , 1;11) - - 1577-81 - 1)o. 6p. c. Feb. ez AuL t 10 - Do. dp. c. Mar. dz Sept, 10 , - Do. sp. c. Jan.S/July. 10, - Do. 5 Inscribed stock 10( - Cape G.Llope, 6p 0,187 S lot - Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 10( - Do. 1891. 10i - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 10( - Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 10t - Mauritius 6 per cent .. 10( - Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 10( , N.B.Gov.op.c.JaAJuly 11 - Do. dp. u.Ap. & Oct. 11 - 'N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 18e , 1( - ' I Do. sp. c.,18/1. to L:if 10 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 10 - , New Zealand 6 p cent. 101 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - sterling, 1875 lOl - Queensland Gev. 6p. c lOl - IS.Aus G6p.c.1878.,5t up lO ;Vio.Gov. 6p.c.Jr..&Jul) - Do. to so.c. An.oiflot, . _ BRITISH M. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold - uhliord Amalgamated - - Dever' G. Con', (Tavist ; - East Bassett (Illoganl 3 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 5 - 'East Caradon ...... 1.1 - East earn Brea 3.1 - s•V'l Russel (Tavistkl 8.1 - IGam.SzSt.AuDyn(Gwen ) 51 - IGreat South Tolgus 1: - (3. Wheal Vor(lieleton ii - ' Grenville - iler;d's-Foot B.l - iiingston Downs 4.1 - Lady Bertha - Margaret (tiny Leiact - arke Valley.. Myndy Iron Oro (Lim. 2, - New Setun • North Downs - Baseetallo,ran 3.1 - North Wheal Crotty - t'ar Consols (61. Blazey - • Orovidence ( yLe Int 10.1 • 'ziouthUaradon(St.Cleer, l( • S. Carty Brea (Illogan) - • Frau. (Mogan I 18.1 - Stray Park 30.1 /lunar Silv.& Lead Min 4, • Lin Croft IVest Basset (Illogan) 1 • W C' radon (Liekeard) 5 • West Seton • Wheal Basset (Illogan) 5 • Wheal Buller (Itedrutli) 5 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLuchott 3. , Wheal AlaryAnn ;Lien.) a Wheal Seton . . 5£ Wheal Treiavvney (Lis.) 7 Wheal Union.... SSIONS. Closing ad. Price. 1 > 60 (2 ino 104 1(5 86 i p 76 6 1 p 6 66 86 96 .0o I 102 104 lot 103 106 i 107 Ics 106 l*p ru 204 21k. H 73 75 11 59 5( 11 66 68 11 53 56 11 61 63 11 41 13 11 26 28 11 22 74 lU 106 107 12 1 1311 8 1 1* pl 103 104 LI 91 101 ,8 101 10i 11 93 0 .11 86 88 2 gp too . 04 105 10 108 100 Ik4 08 1 157 59 3 5 ,00 82 84 [OO 104 105 100 103 104 2 f fp all IC3 104 00 • 100 102 •TENT SECURITIES. 102 104 a 3 103 1( 5 ft' 91 a 2 10 90 92 10 106 108 )0 109 111 10 109 111 10 108 110 10 110 112 r 0 104 106 )0 I { .B 110 00 10 t 104 00 - - 99 100 99 tOI )0 1 991 1004 0 I LO7 109 103 105 [O9 111 09 111 10 111 ~ ~d - 36} 37} 1 575 685 ,0 65 67 i 2. I id pari L 4.0 27 28 76 .0 I 42 5} 3i 8 10 7a 4} 4- 10 14 13 16. e 4b 5 12 17 39 18.0 21 31 8.6 3.' 19 0 6. 7 11 I Al 90 100 1/ . .0 23 3 ,9 5/ 51 .6.7 44 40 423 135 IRA) 67i 62} 17.6 18 32 k • 19 j 11 12 20 2t 185 195 85 90. 20 25 ,0.6 - .01 16. 12 12 126 86 150 160 23 24 17 3 36 [6 FOREIGN Bahia and San Francisco (lim. Great Luxembourg, 11f South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 20j tAILWAT S. g ua. 7 per cent., 171 ; FOAEIGN MINES. Alamillos, limited, Scottish Australian, lira., 1 United Mexican (iiin;, 51 DOCKS. St. Katharine, 71i JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Anglo Austrian, 61 6 Australasia, Ditto, new, 49 Bank of New Zealand. 14 111 British and American Exchange (11m.), 181 Consolidated Bank, lira., 104 Hindustan, China, and Japan (lira.), 311 Imperial Bank (11m.), 24} 5} Imperial Ottoman, 171 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 4 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 261 London and South African, 261 London and Westminster, 84 3i Oriental Bank Corporation, 601 60 Union of London, 43 MISCELLANEOUS. Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), 5 Joint •stoek. Discount, 61 f Ditto, new, 6/ I Mercantile Credit Association, lira., 7 6 National Discount Compiny, lira., 101 Oriental Inland Steam, lim , 2 i Peninsula and oi iental Steam, 78/ The Price of GOO The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mine pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.274 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates With the English Mint price of £3 104 d. per ounce fbr standard gold, it appears that gold is at about the same price in London and Paris. l;y advices frorullamburg the price of gold is 4231 per 'nark and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about the same price in London and Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1651 to 1674 per cent., and the premium on gold is about 54j per cent. At these rates there is a:profit on the importation of gold from the United States. HERR WAGNER'S opera of " Tannhauser " will very probably be given next season, with an Italian version, at Her Majesty's Theatre. COUNT A. AUERSPERG is the author of the German poem on Robin Hood. THE DUCHY OF HOLETEIN has now been com pletely occupied, and the army of execution, which now iucludes 32,01)0 Pruss,ians, 25,000 Austrians, and 12,000 Hanoverians and Saxons, is being rapidly raised to 100,000 men. TUE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1864. LAW INTO: (This Day). COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before the Lord Chief Justice, and Justices Crompton, Blackburn, and Mellor.) KELLOCK V. SAMUELSON. Mr. James, Q.C., said this case was originally heard be.. fore Mr. Justice. Williams, at Liverpool, and a verdict was given for the plaintiff for £l9l. He had now to move on the part of the defendants for a new trial, on the ground of misdirection, or for leave to enter a nonsuit. The plaintiff was a shipbroker, and the defendants iron shipbuilders at Hull, and the action was brought to recover a certain sum as commission on the sale of a ship. A gentleman named Carlisle called on the plaintiff, and asked if he had an iron ship for sale. He said he had not, but that he had no doubt Messrs. Samuelson, or some others, had what was wanted. As soon as Mr. Car lisle left a letter was sent by Kellock's clerk to Hull, to ascertain whether they had a ship for sale, and an answer was returned that inquiry would be made. As Mr. Carlisle left Kellock's office, he met a Mr. Samuelson, who had formerly been in partnership with the firm at Huli, hut he did not know that he did not then belong to it. A ship was sold, and Kellock contended that he had a right to his commission, and on the case being tried a verdict was given for him for £l9l. He (Mr. James) complained of the manner in which the case hlld been left to the jury by the learned judge. Rule granted. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The court was occupied the whole of the early part of the day with a case rest acting the infringement of a patent for improvements in wool combing machinery. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. OFFENSIVE PLACARDS.—TWO men, named William Pandas and Robert Edwards, attended to answer the com plaint of Mr. Joseph Foskey, manager at Messrs. Swan and Edgar's, Regent's-street. of carrying about placards, causing thereby an obstruction of the thoroughfare, and great annoyance to the inhabitants. It appears that fir some time past the defendants have been in the practice of parading in front of Messrs. Swan and Edgar's, in Regent-street —not more than seven yards from the house—nearly the whole of the day with large placards, one of them respecting the "Florentine Venus." Besides the annoyance caused by the conduct of the defend. ants confining themselves to the front of Messrs. Swan and Edgar's house,—more especially by the defendant with the offensive placard alluded to—great obstruction was caused by the defendants, and carriages were prevented from driving up. The defendants were spoken to and cautioned by the police, but as they refused to go away the present proceedings were taken against them. The magistrate said that the defendants walking at such a short distance as seven yards from the house might be a great annoyance and obstruction. The defendants promised not to offend again, and a nominal fine was imposed upon them and costs. COMMITTAL OF A CABMAN WITHOUT A FINE FOR AS SAULTS,—WiIIiam Robert Morse, cabdriver, badge 5,672, was charged with being drink and assaulting police-con stables Henry Elgar, 94 C, and William Cane, 35 C, in Piccadilly. The constable Elgar was persuading a drunken gentle man, who had been in the company of some prostitutes and cabmen, and turned out of a public•house in Piccadilly, to go home, when the prisoner, without the constable at all interferring with him, knocked him down, and on the other constable, Cane, 35 C, going to Elgar's assistance, he (pri soner) twisted his legs round Cane's, and threw him down and struck him. He was then taken into custody, and all the way to the station behaved with great violence to 'the constables. Mr. Knox said a most unprovoked assault had been com mitted by the prisoner on the first constable—the constable not having interfered with him in any way, and the other constable was assaulted by the prisoner when merely assist ing his brother constable. He should commit the prisoner for a month with hard labour. THAMES. A BURGLARY PREVENTED.—John Cummins, a noted burglar and thief, and belonging to a family of felons, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with being on the pre mises of Mr. John Day, linendraper, No. 14, High-street, Stepney, wi , h intent to commit a burglary. Michael Hughes, a police-constable of the K division, saw the prisoner and two other men near the premises of Mr. Day at 10 minutes past 1 o'clock this morning. They went to a wall in Bromloy- street, which formed the boundary of a paved yard at the back of the house. The prisoner and one of his companions lifted a third man over the wall, and he dropped into the yard, and immediately set to work. A man named George Bassin, confectioner, of No. 15, High street, who had just arrived at his door, knocked and was requested by Hughes to accompany him to Brom ley-street. They had no sooner reached the wall than a signal was given ; the fellow who had been lifted over the wall returned and jumped into the street, at the same time handing a crowbar to the prisoner behind his back. They "shuffled" it among them, and the prisoner was arrested, but the others escap e d. _ _ Mr. Selfe asked how it was only one of the gang was taken into custody ? on which Hughes replied he could not tackle the three. He kept them in conversation for some time, in hopes of obtaining help. He did not see what became of the crowbar. Inspector Hayes, of the K division, said that Mr, Day's house was exactly opposite Stepney Old Church, and the prisoner and his companions passed the church-yard. It was possible the crowbar was there. He had searched the cemetery, which was a large one, but had not been able to find it. Mr, Day said he discovered this morning that a burglar had been in his yard since he closed the house last night. The area rails at the back of the house had been forced and removed. Timothy Cox, police sergeant, No, 45 K, said I know the prisoner well. Five years ago he was before your worship, at this court, for attempting to break into the White S wan public •hou€ e. You committed him for trial. He was sen tenced to two years' imprisonment. He had the finest set of housebreaking tools I ever saw in my life. His brother has been convicted and sentenced to three years' penal servitude. Mr. Selte—Tne prisoner was before me five years ago. Cox—He was, sir. Mr. Selfe—lf I come here for a day some of my old ac quaintances are sure to be here. I think Hughes you might have "tackled" more than one of the three burglars. There was a man with you, and I think you could have "tackled" two and call d out foi more assistance. You have been iu the K division four years. I shall remand the prisoner for a week. WESTMINSTER. BANEFUL EFFECTS OF INTOXICATION,—Sarah Cooper, a middle-aged woman, was charged with being drunk and creating a disturbance. Peter Allen, 180 V, said•that between five and six o'clock last evening he was sent for to 34, Paulton-square, Chelsea, outside of which he found the defendant drunk and creat ing a disturbance. Ho requested her to go away, but she refused, and he was obliged to lock her up. Defendant—l am a very ill used woman, your worship. I have been grossly neglected by my husband, and every time Igo near him for anything he locks me up. I went to see him on business. Mr. Arnold —You were drunk, and therefore in no con dition to visit any one cn business. Defendant—Oh, dear me, no, not drunk ; I might have taken a little refreshment, but was certainly not drunk. The acting-inspector on duty at the station was called, and proved distinctly that she was. A Police-constable—She has given her husband and family a great deal of care and trouble. She was only liberated from prison yesterday, after undergoing a con finement of six weeke. Arnbld—llow was that ? Policeman—She was unable to procure £2 bail for her good behaviour, and was locked up in default. Mr. Arnold—Was she then charged with drunkenness ? The husband, a very respectable looking elderly man, a dozen years her senior, said—She got drunk and took up a knife and then threatened to cut off the childrens' heads, but I fortunately got her out into the street before she did any mischief. She's an incorrigible drunkard. Dennis, the gaoler—When here last night she was drunk. Mr. Arnold—l shall now commit her for seven day without a fine. Defendant—Pray don't, Oh, pray d m ." Mr. Arnold was inexorable. • Tothill-fields Bridnrcol 'and s a e was committed to 11 ...tiany mistakes have occurred in the observations made on the appointment of Mr. Beard by her Ma jesty to the office of Court Newsman, from which Mr, Doane retires. This office has nothing to do, as stated, with the clerkship of presentations, which concerns eccle siastical appointments, and is in the gift of the Lord Chan cellor. The Court Newsman's duty is to distribute daily to the morning papers a document suppl i ed from Court, and called the " Court Circular" — no t i n any way connected with a newspaper so called. The office of Court Circular, or Court Newsman, connuencol under the reign of George 111. The King, being much annoyed at the inaccuracies in the papers as to the Royal movements, took th e a d v i ce of the chief metropolitan magistrate, and appointed a Court Newsman; and Mr. Doane, th grandfather of the late official, was installed in the office, which has gradually developed itself in importance. A —An ex t raordinary has just it h ß kt N n EA place U theN HUNT.—An sewers of Paris. Taking hatttte ad7antage of the frost, which drives thi s particular game into covert, the owner iuvited a Christmas party to partake of the sport of rat killing. All the great seweis were driven in one direction till millions of rats, which fought among themselves like tigers as they were hunted along, were col lected in the largo drain by the bridge of Asnieres. Forty dogs were then let down into the sewers, and after a fight which last 45 hours, and in which four dogs were killed and some blinded, no lets than 110,000 rats were despatched. The National Shakespeare Committee. Under this heading we must, if merely for the good-humoured banter of the thing, put the follow ing delightfully comical report as given in the pages of Mr. Punch. A more perfectly truthful report, in its way, we hardly conceive it possible can any where have appeared in regard to any public meeting that ever took place. In saying this, we ap peal to the recollection of anyone who happened to be present on the occasion referred to. And we are satisfied that those who were present on that occasion will agree with us, after reading the sub joined report, that, exquisitely ludicrous though it is, it is really and truly, hardly anywhere touched with the exaggeration of a mere caricature. Quoth Mr. Punch or his Reporter Precisely as the clock struck four, the room being tole rably well filled, the chair was taken by an elderly gentle man totally unknown to any one presuat. Mr. Chick, the energetic promoter of the scheme, was sealed at the chair man's lett hand, while a mild individual, acting as under secretary, was on the chairman's light, but in consequence of being placed behind several large volumes, he was not visible to the majority of the members. The CHAIRMAN on rising, said that A MEMBER of the committee here observed that he was sorry to interrupt, but what he wanted to know was, how that gentleman came to occupy the chair? (Hear, hear.) Mr. Carrcic rose to explain. He begged to say that since the last meeting, he had come to the unanimous resolution of electing himself secretary, and that he now, of course, held that position. In discharge of the duties of this office, he had received and answered several letters from valious influential personages in the United Kingdom, who had expressed themselves favourably with regard to the present national movement. Also, in bearing this onerous but cheerfully self-imposed burden, he had had the pleasure of calving on a few of his friends, whose names he would now read to them : the Duke of Turnhana Green, His Grace the Duke of Bennington, The Marquis of Islington, with whom he had spent an hour or so at luncheon. Lord Elefant-and-Carcel, who expressed himself in the strongest terms possible of admiration—(hear, hear)—for him personally, Mr. Chick —(disapprobation), His Excellency Karat Sing, Ambassador from the Un discovered Islands of the Pacific, Tho Earl of March and April, to whom he Mr. Chick, had been lately introduced, and was proud to acknowledge as his dearest friend. Mr. CHICK was proceeding to read a long list of his aris tocratic acquaintance, dividing them into five classes, i.e., Those whom he knew well; those with whom he was on speaking terms ; those who knew him well, but were not on speaking terms; those whom he knew by sight ; and the remainder consisted of those whom he wanted to know, when— Mr. Mivrers interrupted. He (Mivine) didn't want to hear the self-glorification of Mr. Chick. (Order, order— Hear. hear—Chair.) He pressed the original question -Who was that elderly person in the chair ? (Hear, hear —Order.) Mr. CHICK, in explanation, said, that the inhabitants of the county of Surrey had at first contemplated the celebra tion of a distinct Festival in honour of Adam, founding their right on the existence of a small colony, not far from Rich mond, entitled Ham, which they asserted, could trace an unbroken descent from the Noachian era. Mr D'Hummy was the President of the Ha m Council ; that distinguished body, so far from opposing the National plan, had sent in thou/ adhesion to it, and he (Mr. Chick) felt sure that he had done nothing but carry out the wish of every well. wisher of the present Great Festival, in electing, on his own responsibility, to the office of their chairman, the late anta gonistic President, Mr, D'Hummy. Mr. D'HumarY (on being nudged by Mr. Chick), rose and said—Ladies and Gentlemen—l mean Gentlemen— the —um—present occasion—is one—on which you—that is I—(Hear, hear)—and in fact the National Committee--I must state, however, that I've come all the way from Ham by the omnibus-- VOlCE—Better go back again. (Order ! Chair I) Mr. D ' HUMMY continued—And being unaccustomed to public —no—l should say, this sort of thing —(Speak up I Order I Chair !) 1 can only remark that I wish—(here Mr, Chick handed the Chairman a small piece of paper)—eh?— where are my spectacles ? Oh, yes, (reading what Mr. Chick has written)—ah I—quqe so — yes—thank you. The Secretary—no, the Under-Secretary—(looking about)—l don't exactly see where he is. (Here Mr. Chick attracted the Chairman's attention to the Under -Secretary, who emerged from behind the big books.) Ah, how d'ye do, Sir ?—then, yes— At this point the Chairman, imagining he had done everything that was necessary, sat down. SEVERAL MEMBERS—What's the question ? What's going to be done ? CHAIRMAN (roused by Mr. Chick, smilingly)—Oh yes, I forgot to say that the Minutes of the former Meeting—l wasn't here you know—will be read. (Hear, hear.) The reading of the Minutes led to an animated discussion as to whether they were, framed in grammatical language, and a good deal of language that was neither elegant nor grammatical was exchanged. A Member proposed that a copy of Lindley Murray should be provided for the use o the meeting, and offered to go out and buy one at the ex• pense of the Secretary. Mr. Wicaurra observed that such a course was unprece dented. The CHAIRMAN (rising)—What .I want to say is, that I've come all the way from Ham by omnibus—(Order, Order, and cries of " Wicking"). Mr. WICKINS (angrily)—le this proceeding to stifle dis cussion ? Mr. SPLUFF (rising and attracting the Chairman's eye away from Mr. Wickins)—l ask to be allowed--(Order! Chair I Chorus of " Wickins.") The CHAIRMAN (who has all this time been talking, apparently, to Mr. Spluff, continues)—And I must say that at Haw—(goes on talking inaudibly.) Mr. Wickins (violently)--Is this conduct intended to stifle—to stifle discussion ? Here Mr. Chick plucked the Chairman by the sleeve, who on turning and seeing Mr. Wicking on his legs, bowed to that gentleman, and, after smiling affably, was about to proceed with the discourse, in which he had been just in • terrupted, when Mr. Chick handed him a slip of paper. After inspecting the writing, The CHAIRMAN (politely to Mr. Wickins, before sitting down)—l didn't know that you were speaking, Mr. Wig gins. Mr. CHICK, in explanation, regretted to inform the meeting that Mr. D'llumtny was slightly afflicted with deafness. (Hear, hear.) Mr. WicKiNs—Sir, I must protest against being called Wiggins. speaker, r, S b u a t t nt as a sa p id rae h t e iea w l amsanso_rze r t e o pe i a n t t e e d rr a u s p a t p th ra e et l i a ea s l t man—he wanted to know whit they were going to do about the Adamite Festival. That was their object in meeting together. They had been there for nearly three hours doing nothing. (Hear,Atart) Mr. WICKINS was understood to protest against being called Wiggins. Mr. Cures said he would read to them a little poem that ho had just written in honour of Mr. SMITH--Question I (Hear, hear.) Mr. Cures—Well then, he would read to them a list of every one who wished his name to appear in public print, commencing with those who had forwarded a guinea spe cially for that purpose. This occupied about three-quarters of an hour, during which most of the members left the room. At the conclu sion, Mr. Chick wished to know whether they'd like to hear the names of several members of the aristocracy who had not yet been asked to join the movement. This question having been replied to in the negative, Mr. Chick proposed a vote of thanks to himself, and moved that he should act for the Committee in the interim before the next meeting. This proposal having been also negatived, kr. Chick said that he should do what he liked without refereAce to any of them. Mr. Wlcimrs—When and where de, we meet again Mr. Cuicx—Don't know. Mr. Wicroxs—Don't care. After this the mQ3ting separated, and the amiable chair man went back to Ham for the omnibus. WORD IN 1 , A: 17: 01 TR. Pr , „eronz the Court Journal.) 1 'ld National Shakspeare Committee h ave lately been drawing down upor_ their unfortunate heads a vast amount of censure and abuse, and bade fair some few days ago to become the most unpopular body of men in England. We neither concur with those who believe in the tot a l j ust i ce of striving to p n r o o r vwiththat the th egye acted l t e e m a e i n n who m ar o e st Bo co v u i r g te r oZ oottei m Y odest, an d the severe r emar k s m ade by the rpponents of th e committee, justifiable manner to the late Mr. Thaekeray, In our ()pi nion the committee certainly wronged the great man who has so unexpectedly been snatched away frog us, while, on the other hand, th e y h a ve done their best, since Mr. Mr. Thackeray' s d ea th, t o se t themselves right in th e eyes of the public, and t o ma k e amen d s for the fault whi c h th ey may possibly h ave comm itt e d i n a moment of h as t e an d mortification, rather th an o f pl ann ed hostility. At any ra t e , it is tim e th a t p ersona l bi c k er i ngs and accusations should give way to the general desi re t o do something in 1864 worthy the memory of one of the greatest men w h ose genius ever adorned the literature of auc ; ent or m o d ern times. The whole gist of the dispute lies i n a mere nutshell. It appears that the m os t distinguished authors, statesmen, or ators, artists, and ac t ors h ave been e ked bY the commit tee to a c t as vice presidents, and that t h e names of Sir E. B. Lytt on and Mr. Dickens were both added to the list, though not till some very unaecounDb l e opposition had been m a d e to the admission Of Sir • Bulwer Lytton. novelists However, as two out of the three p p who were greatestbeen a a cknowledged t o b e th e of the day had ointed v iee-presid eu t s , i t was only p reasonable to expect that the committee would coofor the swat': distinction upon the third, 'William Makep eace Th ac k e raY• An i nv it a ti on had alre a d y b een sent to him, asking him to join the ge neral committee; and hero it appears ttat the mistake arose on the part of many members l who inogi t‘ed that the die tinguished author intended to slight their body, and forgot that, as the invitation was in the shape of a printed cir cular, Mr. Thackeray would be very likely to overlook it, or to disregard it as a mere matter of form which needed no reply. When, therefore, it was proposed to make him a vice-president, those gentlemen who shared this belief voted against the motion, on the ground that he ought first to have accepted the place of a member of the commitee. Several persons acted, perhaps, from a different motive, but on the whole there is reason to believe that the great majo rity laboured under an unfortunate misconception, and are consequently not deserving of the opprobrium and the fierce attacks which they have had to encounter from every quarter. At the suggestion of Mr. Gruneisen, the committee have, in the most commendable manner, carried a resolution to the effect " that the general u.rnmittee deeply deplore the premature disease of Mr, Thackeray, and regret that cir cumstances should have occurred to prevent the enrol ment of his name in the list of vice-presidents." This ought surely to have the effect of lessening the public resentment, and eau.iug the committee to be re ceived as the exponent and repr.2sentative of the country in the national movement, to which ail men must wish well. No doubt it is not composed and cones ituted exactly as might have been wished, but, nevertheless, the names of Bulwer, Brougham, Dickens, Lord Stanhope, Gladstone, and others are sufficient guarantee that the affair is not in the hands of a selfish and petty-minded clique, as some persons (from what motives we know not) have been pleased to insinuate. Those who now endeavour to throw obstacles into its path will lay themselves open to the im putation that their veneration for Mr. Thackeray's memory is but a blind to disguise their personal dislike to several members of the committee. Surely, too, our desire to do justice to Mr. Thackeray should not be the means of pre venting our display of admiration for Shakepeare. It is time that something should have been proposed, if not commenced, for the day appointed for the festival is close at hand ; and unless more good-will, unity, and activity is displayed on all sides, England will be open to the reproach that, while every country has done honour to its national poet, she alone has neglected to show any mark of admira tion or respect to the memory of one whom the world acknowledges as the greatest poet of all ages. If, too, it should be added, this neglect was occasioned by the most contemptible and petty squabbles of a personal nature, the disgrace will, indeed, be doubly strong. A ROUNDABOUT PAPER. (From the London Review.) (Not yet printed in the Cornhill Magazine.) UPON POSTHUMOUS STATUES, AND OTHER IMAGES NOT P OS THUMOUS. (A Letter to a young Literary Gentleman.) A certain writer, I mention no names, my dear Bob--for after a long interval I again address you—a writer whose name you may possibly have seen affixed to certain yellow covers of a work that shall be nameless, objected in that mild and benignant way which so well became him to the gashing enthusiasm of Poor Paddy, who wished to raise a statue to King Gorgius the Fourth upon the banks of that silver stream which flows through the Leautiful city of Dublin. "My dear Public," that ill-conditioned and satiric writer is reported to have said, "what is the use of raising a statue to a man who never did a good action in his life, who was debased, sensual, vulgar, and gluttonous; whose highest genius was strained, absolutely strained, when he invented a shoebuckle, and whose great mind was taxed in endeavouring to make his coat sit without wrinkles ? No, my dear Public, do not do so; choose your heroes with more wisdom; besides, why are you so anxious to commit a superfluous deed ; why rush into a work of supererogation? Is not Gorgius fitly represented amidst the waxen populace of Madame Tussaud's ? Is he not there in all his glory, strut, stare, pink cheeks, coronation robes, flaxen wig—a masterpiece by Truefitt--dancing pumps and all ? Gorgius was proud of his foot, and the artist who stuffed him—for the Chamber of Horrors, I was about to write, but I remember his Ma jesty is in a properly gilt recess—has been careful to copy it." There ho stands m all the majesty of real life, and children and flunkies who are admitted at half price, my dear Bob—only sixpence each—wonder and admire. There—l declare if I have not let the secret out. Of course, the ingenious public will see that the present pen man is the ill-conditioned writer. Of course, they will nudge each other, and say, Ab. I we knew his contempt for the Georges. Well, I may as well make an open confes • sion, de me lobule narratur, I was one of the non-contents ; I think that the character of a people may be known by its statues, just as the character of the Athenians in the days of Alcibiades was shown by the damage done to the effigies of a certain god, as we read in Plutarch. You will please to mark the classical allusion and take it for what it is worth. What I mean is that people should be careful about setting up posthumous statues to the successful speculator, the pill merchant, or the king of snobs. I, for one, did once subscribe two guineas for —. But that fact shall never pass my pen—no, never. But when I do subscribe again, it shall be to one eminently great in Genius, Fortune, Wisdom, and Service to his country. Of course, statues to such men are, need I say, from the very nature of the thing, perfectly superfluous. Great men who combine in their life these four requisites have raised statues to them selves less perishable than brass and marble ; and, as Milton says of gentle William Shak - speare of such a sort— " That kings for such a tomb might wish to die." I am seldom betrayed into a quotation except, my dear Bob, as you know, from Horace or the Latin Grammar, but the subject, I positively declare, stole it from me. And, now I am about it, I remember that there are certain lite rary and other gentlemen who are about to raise a fund to worthily commemorate sweet Will of Avon himself. I de clare positively that the only possible objection that I can see to such a scheme is that the poet himself, whom I hold in as much reverence as anyone, would probably shrink from it, and rest content with his little coloured stone bust in a country church, his quaint epitaph, and that large and universal monument of love which he has built up in all hearts. At the tomb of an ancient chief, each warrior once brought a stone, snd piled it upon the grave as he passed, till the rough pyramid rose into the sky and lived amidst the wreck of finer works unharmed by Time; and at dear Will's tomb we men of the pen have for ages brought our hearts and laid them down ; old Ben, rough old fellow, was the first bricklayer; and then Leonard Digger, and Milton, and Dryden, and good old Doctor Sam, with Pope and others, till it mounts upwards and upwards to the skies, nor will it decrease till the last of us poor authors shall have gone to join, let us piously hope, for we are a wild race, his chief in heaven I But since you will have a statute—a fine work of art, my dear Bob—of couse you artists with the pen, and the brush, and chisel will make your exertions towards its proper erection a labour of love. There will be no literary jealousies —not that such ever exist—over the matter. There will be no cliquism, and I am sure all will modestly keep in the background, and let the working men go forward, and the fifth-rate penmen won't jump into the first-rate places. The playful humour; admirable terseness, and keen sarcasm which some of you possess, will be exerted in whipping up a languid Public to its duty ; you will not coquet with lords, dukes, marquises, and bishops ; you will not bow dawn to gilt, calves on' any, account ; and dear ,Ton.es, dines with Lord Fierbra,s and• Captain Deuce-Ace, will leave their society, and work on the committee for raising this great public monument. Above all —as, my dear Bob, I hear from those versed in literary hi,,tory, it is three hun dred years since he was born, and the time is rather a long while to wait in these days of stony and statuesque recog nition—l am sure that no literary gentleman will put little stumbling-blocks in the way, and binder the erection of a fitting monument to one to whom all the world owes so much; nor will they, whilst building up this, try to build up little ones for themselves ; I do not suppose for one instant that they will print their names—at any rate, more than once ; no, they will be as modest, retired, and self abasing as they always are. .Reddit Seturnii regnunt ; the Golden Age has, indeed, returned; the lion of literary fame shall lie down with the dramatic lamb ; the venomous critic shall coil in glistening beauty round the pink-feet of the dove of Posey; the big elephant of the book-world, who has lined his own and so many other people's trunks, shall modestly consort with the timidest little mouse of a perio dical essayist, who has just ventured out of his hole, and got into print. The world, my dear Bob, will wonder; but what care we for the world,we do not want to trumpet forth ourselves, but to testify the applause, delight, wonder, and at lairation of thin veneration to the Mightiest Genius of all time. Believing, my dear Bob, that this little sketch tally em bodies your intentions, Am quite with you. BROWN THE ELDER, Megatherium Club, April 23. THE POST-OFFICE SAVINGS BANK.—Tho weekly • deposit is about £lO,OOO, the withdrawals less then one thild. The sum now remaining in the Post-office bank is £3,263,000, and the number of present depositors 307,000, showing an average balance of over £lO each. NEW MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.— , The following gentlemen will be entitled to take their seats at the commencement of the forthcoming session of Parliament :—Sir Roundeil Palmer, on his re-election for Richmond as Attorney-General—Sir R. P. Collier, on his re-election for Plymouth as Solicitor-General—Colonel Vyse for Windsor, iu the room of Mr Hope, deceased — Mr C. Ncate, for the city of Oxford, in the room of Mr J. H. Langston, deceased—Mr Humphrey, for Andover, in the room of Mr W. Cubitt, deceased—Mr R. Bateson Harvey, for Buckinghamshire, in the room of the Bon. IV. G. Cavendish, now Lord Chesham—Major Waterhouse, for Pontefract, in the room of Mr R. M. Milnes, raised to the peerage—Sir C. O'Loghlen, Bart., for Clare, in the room of Mr F. M. Calcutt, deceased—Hon. C. R. Hanbury Tracy, for the Montgomery boroughs, in the room of Capt. Willes Johnson, deceased—Sir William Franr, Bart., for Ludlow, in the room of Mr Beriah Botfield, deceased—the Hon. F. Lygon, for West Worcestershire, in the room of Viscount Elmley, now Earl Beauchamp—MrJ. Ped, for Taniworth, in the room of Viscount Raynhaw, now the Marquis Townshend — Mr M. Treherne, for Coventry, in the room of the Right Hon: E. Ellice, deceased—Mr Lloyd, for Barnstaple, in the room of Mr. George Potts, deceased; Mr. George Shaw Lefevre, in the room Qf : Mr. Pigott, now a Baron of the Exchequer. • 128} 7i P IC3i Business done 1011 105 1011 I .00i 991 not i a TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. culous is meant as that Townley bribed the authorities. Nobody would dream of such insane nonsense as this. But everybody is convinced that it is the fact of Townley's family being rich, and therefore able to bring forces to bear upon the Home-office, which a poor man could not do, that alone has exempted the wilful, cold-blooded, deliberate murderer Townley from the punishment he so richly de serves. The eMet, therefore—namely, escape from pun ishment through being rich—is in itself, and as regards the encouragement it holds out to murderers, just as bad, though effected in this indirect way, as if it had been brought about as they bring such things about in some foreign countries, where the culprit who can afford to bribe the authorities can always get off, and the culprit who can't must die. Sir Geo. Grey, or rather his legal advisers, have acted with the strictest legality in what has been dune. That does not alter the case that had Townley been a poor man like the Fording- bridge and Whittlesey murderers, everybody believes it is a moral certainty that what has been done would not have been done, but that the law would have taken its course, and there would have been no failure of justice. And so with regard to the late court-martial. Supposing the decision to be perfectly right and legal, and just (which I only suppose for argument, and that at ,he present moment its being my purpose to express any opinion ono way or the other) still it could only be so by accident, as the whole mode of procedure seems specially and admirably contrived to defeat justice, and prevent the real truth from being got at, An imprea sion is abroad, both with regard to the army and to the administration of the criminal law among civilians, that there is "one law for the rich and another for the poor." Of course it is absurd to say that Townley, having been wrongfully snatched from the penalty he richly deserves, therefore Wright also ought to have escaped. It is the prevalent belief which I am dealing with, and which is so pernicious ; and that belief, right or wrong, well or ill founded, is a sinister fact in itself. It bodes no good to society, or to its individual members, or to the respect with which it is desirable that the administration of justice should be regarded, when there is a general belief in " one law for the rich and another for the poor," COMMON SENSE, Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market very quiet. Sales, 2,000 or 3,000 bales, at id. to Id. below Friday. Import, 6,472. Pre viously, 2,466. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up o this day, are, in round figures, as under :- 1864. 1863. Great Western £53,041 £49,415 North-Western South- Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern 17,410 ]7,206 Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire 35,410 31,367 Bristol and Exeter North-Eastern' 46,455 42,998 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln.. 15,100 14,214 Glasgow and South-Western.... Great Southern and Western of Ireland 6,497 6,870 These returns, compared with those of the same period of the previous year, in most instances are of a very satisfactory character. On the Great Western there is an increase of £3,626; on the North Western, of £7,180; on the South Western, of £9O ; on the Midland, of £2,296 ; on the South Eastern, of £204; on the Great Northern, of £4,069; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire, of £4,043 ; on the North Eastern, of £3,459 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln, of £886; and on the Glasgow and South Western, of £1,300. The London and Brighton, however exhibits a de crease of £973, and the Great Southern and Western of Ireland, of £373. The report of the Peel River Land and Mineral Company has been issued, in anticipation of the general meeting of proprietors. It states that the sales of live stock effected in the six months to the 30th June last realised £1,184. The desirability of acquiring at a cheap rate or fee•simple of the Elian gaan station induced the directors to propose, as a means for raising the necessary capital, the issue of debentures to the amount of £25,000. A change in the date of holding the company's annual meeting is proposed, and in order to facilitate this object they will recommend, in June or July next, a divi dend on account out of the proceeds of such portion of the wool clip of 1863 as shall have been realised. EXPLOSIVE METEORS.—It would seem that the Creator of the universe has provided a shield for the protection of hie creatures from evils which are not inevitable results of their own wickedness or folly. We do not remem ber any instance on record in which an explosion did not take place before the aerolite reached the earth, by which it was blown harmless to pieces ; some of the fragments reaching the earth at different points ; others, and these pro bably the larger portions, continuing their revolutions through space. An extraordinary instance of a series of such explosions was observed in France, which was subsequently made the subject of an inquiry by a commission under the di • section of M. Biot. The explosions were preceded by the ap pearance of a huge ball of fire seen over nearly the whole of Normandy. Then, for 6or 6 minutes, they followed each other with great rapidity, and such loudness that they were heard all over a circle about 60 leagues in diameter. They ap peared to come from a brilliant cloud. An emission of a va pour resembling smoke followed each explosion. This was at mid-day, in an almost cloudless sky, and immediately after the first explosion, and during the whole time they lasted, an immense number of aerolites fell to the ground with a hissing noise. Nearly 3,000 of these were afterwards picked up, the largest of which weighed over 17 pounds. It is not possible to give a positive answer to the question — Why is the fall of an aerolite always preceded by an explo sion ? Generally there is a single explosion, but this is not . invariably the case, as we have just mentioned one instance in which there was a succession. Almost simultaneously with the report, the aerolite strikes the earth. Whenever this has occurred in the presence of a spectator, it has always been found that the stone was exceedingly hot. The mass of meteoric iron which was dug out of the ground at a village in the Punjaub, was almost too hot to be touched, though it had penetrated to a considerable depth in the earth, and some time must have elapsed between its fall and the arrival of the officer of the district on the spot. This mass was sent to the emperor, who directed it to be made into a sabre, knife, and dagger. Heat was likewise very sensible in the case of the stone which fell at Ensis- Leila on the 7th of November, 1492, though it had to be - dug out of the earth from a depth of between five and six feet. This stone was placed in the church at that place by order of the Emperor Maximilian, where it may still be seen; the French, who carried it oft to Paris during the Rwolution, having subsequently re • turned it to the place whence they had taken it, minus a fragment retained for the museum of the Jardin des Plantes, One tremendous explosion was said to have accompanied the fall of this meteoric stone, and the same was the case _ _ with that, weighing 561b5., which fell near Captain Top ham's house in Yorkshire, descending perpendicularly to the earth, and burying iteelt in the chalk beneath the sur• `ace soil. I can myself vouch for one instance where, at the conclusion of the most terrific thunder-storm I ever witnessed, a tremendous explosion was accompanied by the fall of a number of fragments of an aerolite within a few yards of the house in which I was sitting. Some of these kept in my poszessirm.—Dickens' "dill the Tear Round." One Law for the Rich and another for the Poo; Sir,—" Who is to blame ?" and " Whom shall we hang ?" are questions which just now are being very gene rally asked. Answer to the first question—" Nobody, of course. It is that great impersonality, The System, that is to blame," Answer to the second question-Ist., In its literal sense, "The poor murderer, to be sure, not the rich one;" 2dly, In its figurative sense, "The inferior who has been guilty of the crime, for which there is no forgiveness, at least not in this world, of having been persecuted and -illused by his superiors." Some short time ago I called attention, through your columns, in commenting upon the "Craw ling Court-martial," as Punch calls it—to' the un happy cff , 3ct it would have on the rank and file of the army, and the classes whence \kt is recruited, and not recruited by conscription, but by volun tary enlistment,—if an impression were produced in thNz mind that there is "one law for the rich and another for the poor ;" one sort of justice for the officer, another for the privates. Now, rightly or wrongly, this impression has ac tually and extensively got abroad, and it may prove most fatal in its consequences. We have no pressgangs now; no proscription like that which Russia put in force a year ago in Warsaw; no conscription, as there is in France. We depend for our army upon the people volunteering into its ranks of their own free will. Will the people volunteer with such an impression abroad? It is to be feared they will rather emigrate and volunteer into the American army, where flogging is unknown. What_the "Crawling Court Martial" has done among soldiers and the enlisting classes, the reprieve of Townley has done among the people generally. Townley's escape is a flagrant illustra tion of the invidious charge that there is " one law for the rich and another for the poor." Of course nothing so ridi- SECOND EDITIOAT. SUN OFFICE, ILUS-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SWEDEN. STOCKHOLM, Jan. 13.—T tie Diet of Norway luta been convoked for an extzraordinary session, in order to take into consideilition the question of armament. The Duke of Wax mland has been taken seriously ill. THIRI EDITION SUN OFFIC:E, sIX. O'CLOCK. Bank of England Beturn,--This Even'ng. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 13th day cf Jan., IbG4 ISSUE DEPARTMENT. :.otes issued .......X27.690,680 £27,690,630 1 , BANKING D Proprietors' Capi tal £14.553.000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- counts) 5.264,037 Other Deposits 15,411,79i Seven Day and other Bills 632,925 £39,227,077 M. Jan. 14, 1864. TATTERSALLS%—Tars EVENING. Nothing doing. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. FEBRUARY. MARCH, Nottingham Spring .... 1 Warwick .. 16 Derby Spring 3 Durham Liverpool Shrewsbury Doncaster Spring Croxton-park 1 Edinburgh Spring .. 2 Abergavenny Thirsk 5 ' MAY. Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven Newmarket First Spring 21 Chester York Spring , Salisbury l2 Bath Manchester Harpenden . 2O Epsom 24 Ascot .. Hampton l5 Newton Chelmsford New Forest Hunt Ne wcastle- on-1 yno . _ y 28 Odiham Bibury Stockbridge JULY. Newmarket July Carlisle Abingdon Liverpool July -3 Stamford l4 Pontefract Nottingham . l9 Winchester . 19 . Southampton .. .. 20 Chesterfield Goodwood Brighton 2 Brighton Club Lewes Reading Egham Oxford lB Yarmouth SEFTE: Weymouth 1 Warwick September 6 Leicester 8 Doncaster .. Brecon l9 York August 23 Plymouth Derby Lichfield 3O Stocktcn Devon and Exeter Richmond Monmouth Manchester Autumn Newmarket Firdt October 27 OCTOBER. Northallerton 6 Gloucester Newmarket Second Oct. 10 j Newmarket Houghton 24 NOVEMBER. Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 Worcester Autumn .... 30 Leamington& War. Hunt 22 I STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864. FEBRUARY. Carmarthen Harrow .. 2 A berys t with Cambridge l2 MAR ax. Grand Military (Rugby Hunt) l4 APRIL. Abergavenny NOVEMBER. Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt 22 SHIPPING —This Day. LONDON, Jan. 14.—Wind this day at noon—North- East ; moderate breezo, and cloudy weather, with some rain. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 13.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Cam. perdown, from London for Madras, PLymouTn, Jan. 13.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived—Keog Handel, from Swansea for the Cape of Good Hope. CLYDE, Jan. 13.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Jessie bell, from Plymouth. FALMOUTH, Jan. 13.—Wind N.E,—Arrived—Alberto, from Callao—Castor, from Cardiff—both for the Cape of Good Hope. CARDIFF, Jan. 13.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—S. Ca.zbury, , for Rio Janeiro. (Br MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrive., Jan. 14—Triton (steamer), from Boulogne; Holland (steamer), from Ostend. Sailed, Jan. 14—Lord John Russell (steamer), for Dunkirk; Rainbow (steamer), fur Calais ; Mogul, for liur rachee. DEAL, Thursday Morning. A large ship was on shore on the Goodwin Sands this morning at daylight; boats are out to her assistance. Notning further known at present. " THE PORTRAIT," A NEW OPERA, by the Baron von Pertall, has been given at Munich; the journals say, with entire success. A WORK BY M. M. LIISSY ON TEACHING THE PIANO, entitled "Reforme dans l'Enseignement du Piano, has sufficient merit to have been highly praised by .R.ossini. THE NEW DEAN OF CORK.—The Rev. Dr. Magee, rector of Enniskillen, has been appointed Dean of Cork. MR. HENRI DRAYTON, we regret to learn, has been recently dangerously ill; OXFORD DRAMATIC CL 8.--The ninth annual ball of the above club took place on Tuesday last, when upwards of 400 persons availed themselves of the invita tion, and dancing was kept up till an early hour in the morning. Great praise is due to the principal stewards, Messrs. Purkess, Morgan, and Mitchell, for their great exertions. THE COPENHAGEN PAPERS report that a French and English squadron is shortly expected to , appear in Danish waters, which will very probably be the case when the navigation opens in the spring; but the Baltic ports are now closed and ice -boned, MISERABLE CHILDHOOD.—In an account of a givesCh's au th i l o d rs r oo e mf n e c 4 u H jto j o ho s uri p s a pa l euc l ei n amx t e e , n l yGs Gentleman," im e al d dn f E e n d i n i a n b to ho u cii s r g ws h e , co or t dn h sd e , s ch half of the 19th century in "modern Athens." This is one of them :—" Here was a boy who had been found lying on straw in a dark cellar which had literally nothing in it but this one heap of straw. The parents were in the habit of going out for the day and locking up the child there with out food or fire or clothes. He was brought in a mere bundle of rags, quite paralysed, and lay for a week ma ono of the hospital beds without stirring or speaking, till they almost thought he was deaf and dumb. At last he did matter out one word, and it was whisky He afterwards tried in his wretched, faint voice, to begin singing a whisky song. He told the nurse ho had hardly tasted anything but whisky since he was born. Somehow his wretched mother found him out and came to Eeo him. Immediately after she left, the miserable little creature was caught hiding its wizened face and half-paralysed hands under the bedclothes, trying to undo the cork of a small bottle filled with whisky I But the child recovered, learned to feed on and enjoy other food than grams, and has left the hospital for a future of— God knows what, Still, the life has been saved so far." THE SHAMROCK on the coins is the wood-sorrel : this is the plant represented on a monument in Sligo Cathedral ; and there is the testimony, not merely of poets, but of serious writers, that the " shatnrogges" were eaten. Natives of the West Highlands of Scotland call both the wood-sorrel and the _Dutch clover, snamrog. DEATH OF MR. COMMISSIONER EVANS.—Thia Commissioner, who about four years ago retired from the bench on a retiring pension, died yesterday at theageef Evans, S 6, Mr. Evans was brother of the late Mr. Ge or g e M.P., of Portrane, in the county of Dublin, to whose ebtates he succeeded some years ago. The deceasc. ad d COLONEL MOODY, the tlemaah establishment been a o f C t ° h u i ' s m C i t i r ° t n . THE ENGINEERS UNDER r for 3 0 years , ever since g in British Columbia, have just n a o t N el v y returned employed to E s unr;yleanicni Government Debt .£11,015,1C0 Other Securities .. 3 . 6 34,90 u Gold Coin &Bullion 13,t10,680 silver Bullion ...” X27,6J,0,080 3PARTMENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead VW eight A nnuity) ......... .£11,077,189 Other Securities ~ 55,356 Notes ............ 6.927,185 Gold and Silver .667,917 Coin £39,227,667 RSIIALL, Chief Cashier. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.---This Day. 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